Instead, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, written off by many subscribers in the nine months that the merger attempt has dragged on for, could be planning steep price cuts to regain market share. And, that could have reverberations for the entire industry, according to one analyst.

"With the deal now dead, we believe there is increased risk for the industry that T-Mobile may pull the pricing lever and implement disruptive pricing plans in an effort to regain market share," Nelson writes in a research note.

Without the iPhone or a clear path to Long Term Evolution (LTE), T-Mobile has already started down the price-slashing road. Jim Alling, T-Mobile's COO, took to the company's blog to remind consumers about these plans once news of the merger fail broke.

"We’re offering our best plan ever -- 2 lines for $49.99 each that includes voice, text and data (including 2GB at full-speed) on each line with a new 2-year agreement," he wrote. "We also now offer a Monthly4G no annual contract plan that gives you unlimited talk, text, and web (including 100MB at full-speed) for $50.

Right now, the carrier isn't saying how, or if, it will change its data plans, but it will likely have to do something drastic to get back on track in the U.S. Mizuho's Nelson believes pre-paid users will be its first target, which could put pressure on its smaller competitors, as well as Sprint's four pre-paid brands.

"Increased price competition would be negative for the entire industry; however, we believe PCS and LEAP are most at risk since they compete largely on price and we would
expect T-Mobile to target prepaid customers," he says.

Right now, T-Mobile caps its data and slows down speeds once it's reached. If it can't lower prices anymore, then maybe one thing it could do is bring back truly unlimited data. Then it'd have a more powerful message - cheaper than Sprint AND unlimited still.&nbsp;

What about trying a data-only plan that uses VoIP and no voice "minutes" to pay for? The deal they recently announced with Walmart ($30 a month, 100 minutes and 5 GB data) is a step in this direction... why not $20 or $25 for an all-data plan?

What about trying a data-only plan that uses VoIP and no voice "minutes" to pay for? The deal they recently announced with Walmart ($30 a month, 100 minutes and 5 GB data) is a step in this direction... why not $20 or $25 for an all-data plan?

T-Mo's post paid small business plans are even better. $44.99 (+$9 in taxes and standard fees) for unlimited talk, text and 5GB of data. Granted you have to pay full price for your phone on the value plans, but that still saves you a bundle over any other carrier or for that matter even Simple Mobile (TMo MVNO). Ask and recieve a free Cell-Fi repeater for improved in-building coverage for coverage weak spots. Add to that the best customer service among the major cell carriers. I'm surprised why more people don't switch to T-Mo.

Based on seeing T-Mo spectrum refarming exercies going on in the PCS band and the 2013 GSM shutoff, I think they may be going the HSPA-84 route until they can figure out the LTE transition. Not a bad option IMO.

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